by Tula Connell | Jan 23, 2008 | Blog
Anyone can get health care in the United States. Just ask George W. Bush. Last year in Cleveland, he had this to say to the 47 million Americans without health care coverage:I mean, people have access to health care in America. After all, you just go to an emergency...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 23, 2008 | Blog
“As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing.” These now-immortal words of former Citibank President Charles “Chuck” Prince were uttered in July, as Citibank was about to lose billions in everything from mortgages to credit...
by Bill Scher | Jan 23, 2008 | Blog
As expected, today the conservative minority in the House obstructed the public will, sustained President Bush's veto of bipartisan legislation and denied four million kids health insurance. Advocates for children hoped that they could gain more votes by stressing...
by Bill Scher | Jan 22, 2008 | Blog
Tomorrow, the conservative minority in the House is expected to sustain President Bush's second veto of expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program. SCHIP has already successfully provided health coverage to six million kids, but nine million more remained...
by Sara Robinson | Jan 22, 2008 | Blog
Brad DeLong once said that "'Nobody could have foreseen ______' is the Bush administration's version of 'The dog ate my homework.'" It does seem to be their handy-dandy Swiss Army Knife, all-purpose explanation for the various disasters that have happened on their...
by Bill Scher | Jan 21, 2008 | Blog
The Sunday shows score their first question for the Watchdog in 2008! Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace did ask Mitt Romney about the federal lobbyists on his campaign team, despite his claim that he doesn't have any lobbyists running his campaign. Romney's response?...
